Marina Matulović-Dropulić
| Marina Matulović-Dropulić | |
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| Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning | |
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In office 23 December 2003 – 29 December 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Radimir Čačić |
| Succeeded by | Branko Bačić |
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In office 27 January 1995 – 16 December 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Zlatko Tomčić |
| Succeeded by | Marko Širac |
| 49th Mayor of Zagreb | |
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In office 2 March 1996 – 5 May 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Branko Mikša |
| Succeeded by | Milan Bandić |
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21 June 1942 Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Marina Matulović-Dropulić (born 21 June 1942) is a Croatian politician who served as the Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction and Housing in the cabinet of Prime Minister Zlatko Mateša from 1995 until 1996 and as Minister of Construction, Spatial Planning and Environment in the two cabinets of Ivo Sanader from 2003 until 2009, as well as the cabinet of Jadranka Kosor until 2010. Furthermore, Matulović-Dropuluć served as the 49th Mayor of Zagreb, becoming the first woman in the city's history to hold that post. She was initially appointed to the post in 1996 by President Franjo Tuđman, who had refused to appoint four other candidates elected by the city council to serve as mayor, an incident known as the Zagreb crisis. She was once more elected mayor in 1997 and served until 2000. She is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union party.
Marina Matulović was born on 21 June 1942 in Zagreb.
She acquired her degree in architecture from the University of Zagreb in 1967 and worked in a number of positions in the construction business, including being the technical director of GK Međimurje, as well as of the Department of Building Construction of the Institute of Construction in Zagreb.
From 1985 until 1990 she was the chairwoman of the Zagreb's Committee for Construction, Housing and Public utilities. In 1990 she became the deputy chairwoman of Zagreb's Executive Committee under Mladen Vedriš. In 1993 Matučović-Dropulić became the Deputy Mayor of Zagreb, during the term of Mayor Branko Mikša.
In 1995 she became a government minister in the cabinet of Zlatko Mateša, holding the portfolio of Spatial Planning, Construction and Housing. She served in that position until President Franjo Tuđman appointed her as Mayor of Zagreb in December 1996. Tuđman, however, had already appointed her as mayor on 2 March 1996, but the city council had refused to endorse such a move. Namely, before the appointment of Matulović-Dropulić herself, Tuđman had already refused to endorse two candidates elected to the mayorship by the city council: Goran Granić and Jozo Radoš and a further two candidates were rejected by him after the council refused to back Matulović-Dropulić: Ivo Škrabalo and Dražen Budiša. She was thus only confirmed as mayor in late 1996 after city council members from the Croatian Peasant Party sided with the Croatian Democratic Union.
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